---
name: "wpaclean"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "aircrack-ng"
version: "1.7-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wpaclean"
---

# wpaclean(1)

clean wpa capture files

## NAME

wpaclean - clean wpa capture files

## SYNOPSIS

**wpaclean \<out.cap\> \<in.cap\> \[in2.cap\] \[...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**wpaclean** Cleans capture files to get only the 4-way handshake and a beacon.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by David Francos Cuartero \<xayon@xayon.net\>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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